What about something of a little more substance for those who, like the Times and the Journal, are based in New York?

Like the fact that the rent regulations that protect more than a million New York families are scheduled to expire a week from today?

Zippo from the news leaders.

Now Governor Cuomo, who is currently riding a wave of media adulation praising his power, savvy, and popularity, is formally committed to extending rent regulation, but:

how high a priority has the issue been for him?

how much political capital is he spending?

how much, if at all, does he actually want the system strengthened? (Cuomo’s predecessor, George Pataki, managed to set the system on auto-destruct, so that an extension of the status quo means that fewer and fewer tenants are protected over time.)

what would the consequences be if rent regulation ended or was simply extended in its current loophole-ridden form?

how, if at all, do his close relationships with developers influence how hard he is willing to push to maintain security of tenure for the maximum number of New Yorkers?

is he ultimately seeking to brand himself as a “centrist” on this issue, as he has so far tried to do on other issues?

Not the stuff of salacious Tweets, but kind-of important reporting to do, no?